The Clinton-Gore Scandals

The Wall Street Journal on the vice president and the administration's mores.

Updated Aug. 20, 2000 11:59 p.m. ET

Since the days leading up to impeachment, President Clinton's defenders have repeated the mantra "It's only about sex." This slogan nicely fits the interest of the Gore campaign, since no one could hold the vice president responsible for Mr. Clinton's predilections, or even for the way he has abused the legal system to cover them up. But of course it has never been only about sex, and Mr. Gore seems to have adapted well to other mores prevailing in the Clinton administration.